Creative Audigy 4 Manual

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Other applications may have higher system requirements or may require a 
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1
Installing Hardware
This chapter tells you how to install the Sound Blaster Audigy 
hardware. 

Installing Hardware 1-1
Installing Hardware
What You NeedBefore you begin installation, be sure that you have these:
In addition, you will also need 
an available PCI slot and 
another adjacent available 
slot on your computer.
Sound Blaster Audigy 
(SB1394) card
Joystick/MIDI 
bracket**Phillips-head screwdriver
(not included)
* Available only on some models for 
connection to the Sound Blaster 
Audigy Drive or Optical-Digital I/O 
card.
**Bundled with some models of Sound 
Blaster Audigy card.Sound...

Installing Hardware 1-2
Your Sound 
Blaster Audigy 
(SB1394) CardYour Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) card has these connectors that allow you to 
attach other devices: 
Refer to the User Guide, “Hardware Information”, for 
connector pin assignments.
CD Audio connector (CD_IN) 
Connects to the Analog Audio output on a CD-ROM or DVD-
ROM drive using a CD audio cable.
SB1394 connector (SB1394) 
Connects to an IEEE 1394 compatible 
external device (such as a digital video 
camcorder, digital still camera,...

Installing Hardware 1-3
Your Sound 
Blaster Audigy 
(non-SB1394) 
CardYour Sound Blaster Audigy (non-SB1394) card has these connectors that allow you 
to attach other devices:
CD Audio connector (CD_IN) 
Connects to the Analog Audio output on a 
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive using a CD 
audio cable.
Joystick/MIDI connector 
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device. 
You can buy an optional MIDI kit that 
allows you to plug in the joystick and 
MIDI device simultaneously. Line In connector (LIN_IN) 
Connects to...

Installing Hardware 1-4
Your Joystick/
MIDI Bracket: 
For Sound 
Blaster Audigy 
(SB1394)Your Joystick/MIDI bracket has this connector that can be attached to other 
devices:
This bracket is bundled with 
some models of Sound Blaster 
Audigy card.
Rear view of connector bracket Joystick/MIDI connector 
Connects to a joystick or a MIDI device. You 
can buy an optional MIDI kit that allows you 
to plug in a joystick and MIDI device 
simultaneously.
Figure  1-3: Connector on the Joystick/MIDI bracket.  

Installing Hardware 1-5
Installation Steps
Step 1: Prepare your 
computer1. Turn off your computer and all peripheral devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your computer to ground yourself and to discharge any 
static electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Remove the appropriate number of metal brackets from unused PCI slots as 
shown in Figure 1-4. Put the screws aside for use later.
Turn off the main power 
supply and disconnect your 
computer’s...

Installing Hardware 1-6
Step 2: Install the 
Sound Blaster 
Audigy card1. Align the Sound Blaster Audigy card with the PCI slot and press the card gently 
but firmly into the slot as shown in Figure 1-5.
2. Secure the card with the screw you had placed aside earlier.
3. For Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) card users, secure the Joystick/MIDI bracket 
to the slot next to the Sound Blaster Audigy (SB1394) card with the second 
screw. 
Connect the Joystick/MIDI cable to the Joystick/MIDI connector on the...

Installing Hardware 1-7
Step 3: Connect to 
audio cable 
(Optional step for 
Analog or Digital 
CD audio cable 
connection)For analog CD audio output:
connect the Analog CD audio cable from the Analog Audio connector on your CD-
ROM/DVD-ROM drive to the CD_IN connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy card 
as shown in Figure 1-6.
For digital CD audio output:
connect the Digital CD audio cable from the Digital Audio connector on your CD-
ROM/DVD-ROM drive to the CD_SPDIF connector on the Sound Blaster Audigy...